Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:45:39 +0100 | From | "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <> | Subject | Re: Discourage Uniform Driver Model? |
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* James Clark (jimwclark@ntlworld.com) wrote: > If it was possible to create a driver model that allowed module compatibility > across different releases/revisions without recompilation and with minimal > performance hit would this be desirable? > > If such a model was possible should development be avoided to discourage > binary only modules?
I would argue that is exactly the situation seen by XFree with quite a few cards requiring binary modules for full functionality.
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